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<blockquote data-quote="Seacrow" data-source="post: 2512441" data-attributes="member: 420515"><p>My step grandfather was inducted into his diabetes procedures with a group of lads in the 1950s. (Yes, they separated males and females, possibly because the age group was from eight to eighteen). They used to meet up again once a year. By the tenth year 5 out of 11 of them had died from insulin overdose, mostly the 'dead in bed' syndrome (just didn't wake up).</p><p></p><p>I don't know if this is geographically or demographically biased, but talking to older diabetics, historically this was the primary cause of death. As soon as blood tests became easier and available, this death rate dropped dramatically.</p><p></p><p>As little as twenty years ago (at my diagnosis) dsns were saying if your blood measurements haven't been what you expected during the day, set one or two alarms to wake up and test in the night. They obviously thought dead in bed was still something to worry about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seacrow, post: 2512441, member: 420515"] My step grandfather was inducted into his diabetes procedures with a group of lads in the 1950s. (Yes, they separated males and females, possibly because the age group was from eight to eighteen). They used to meet up again once a year. By the tenth year 5 out of 11 of them had died from insulin overdose, mostly the 'dead in bed' syndrome (just didn't wake up). I don't know if this is geographically or demographically biased, but talking to older diabetics, historically this was the primary cause of death. As soon as blood tests became easier and available, this death rate dropped dramatically. As little as twenty years ago (at my diagnosis) dsns were saying if your blood measurements haven't been what you expected during the day, set one or two alarms to wake up and test in the night. They obviously thought dead in bed was still something to worry about. [/QUOTE]
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